diff --git a/frontends/yasm/yasm.c b/frontends/yasm/yasm.c
index 884fecb8..9046d74b 100644
--- a/frontends/yasm/yasm.c
+++ b/frontends/yasm/yasm.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ static int
 opt_dbgfmt_handler(/*@unused@*/ char *cmd, char *param, /*@unused@*/ int extra)
 {
     assert(param != NULL);
-    cur_dbgfmt = load_objfmt(param);
+    cur_dbgfmt = load_dbgfmt(param);
     if (!cur_dbgfmt) {
 	print_error(_("unrecognized debugging format `%s'"), param);
 	return 1;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 884fecb8..9046d74b 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ static int
 opt_dbgfmt_handler(/*@unused@*/ char *cmd, char *param, /*@unused@*/ int extra)
 {
     assert(param != NULL);
-    cur_dbgfmt = load_objfmt(param);
+    cur_dbgfmt = load_dbgfmt(param);
     if (!cur_dbgfmt) {
 	print_error(_("unrecognized debugging format `%s'"), param);
 	return 1;